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Dimethylarginines: endogenous inhibitors of nitric oxide synthesis in children with falciparum malaria. 2014

Joe Brice Weinberg, and Tsin W Yeo, and Jackson P Mukemba, and Salvatore M Florence, and Alicia D Volkheimer, and Hao Wang, and Youwei Chen, and Matthew Rubach, and Donald L Granger, and Esther D Mwaikambo, and Nicholas M Anstey
Duke University and V.A. Medical Centers, Durham, North Carolina.

BACKGROUND Nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability is impaired in children and adults with severe falciparum malaria (SM). Asymmetric-dimethylarginine (ADMA) limits NO production by inhibiting NO synthase and is increased in adult SM. The role of ADMA in the pathogenesis of childhood SM is unknown. METHODS We studied Tanzanian children ages 4-8 years with malaria. Plasma levels of arginine, arginase, cell-free hemoglobin, ADMA, symmetric-dimethylarginine (SDMA), histidine-rich protein-2, and angiopoietin-2 were measured. RESULTS ADMA was low in children with SM relative to controls. Nevertheless, arginine and arginine:ADMA ratios were very low in SM. SDMA was high in children with SM. With treatment, arginine and the arginine:ADMA ratio normalized, but SDMA did not. Arginine:ADMA ratios, but not arginine, were significantly and inde-pendent-ly inversely associated with lactate and angiopoietin-2. Plasma arginase was not elevated in those with malaria, and plasma free hemoglobin was elevated only in patients with cerebral malaria. CONCLUSIONS In contrast to adults, plasma ADMA is reduced in SM in children, but hypoargininemia is more severe. Arginine bioavailability (reflected by low arginine:ADMA ratios) is therefore comparably low in SM in children as in adults. Therapies to increase NO bioavailability in malaria may be useful as adjunctive treatment of severe malaria in children.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D009569 Nitric Oxide A free radical gas produced endogenously by a variety of mammalian cells, synthesized from ARGININE by NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE. Nitric oxide is one of the ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT RELAXING FACTORS released by the vascular endothelium and mediates VASODILATION. It also inhibits platelet aggregation, induces disaggregation of aggregated platelets, and inhibits platelet adhesion to the vascular endothelium. Nitric oxide activates cytosolic GUANYLATE CYCLASE and thus elevates intracellular levels of CYCLIC GMP. Endogenous Nitrate Vasodilator,Mononitrogen Monoxide,Nitric Oxide, Endothelium-Derived,Nitrogen Monoxide,Endothelium-Derived Nitric Oxide,Monoxide, Mononitrogen,Monoxide, Nitrogen,Nitrate Vasodilator, Endogenous,Nitric Oxide, Endothelium Derived,Oxide, Nitric,Vasodilator, Endogenous Nitrate
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005260 Female Females
D006454 Hemoglobins The oxygen-carrying proteins of ERYTHROCYTES. They are found in all vertebrates and some invertebrates. The number of globin subunits in the hemoglobin quaternary structure differs between species. Structures range from monomeric to a variety of multimeric arrangements. Eryhem,Ferrous Hemoglobin,Hemoglobin,Hemoglobin, Ferrous
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000208 Acute Disease Disease having a short and relatively severe course. Acute Diseases,Disease, Acute,Diseases, Acute
D001119 Arginase A ureahydrolase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of arginine or canavanine to yield L-ornithine (ORNITHINE) and urea. Deficiency of this enzyme causes HYPERARGININEMIA. EC 3.5.3.1. Arginase A1,Arginase A4,Hepatic Proliferation Inhibitor,Liver Immunoregulatory Protein,Liver-Derived Inhibitory Protein,Liver-Derived Lymphocyte Proliferation Inhibiting Protein,Immunoregulatory Protein, Liver,Inhibitor, Hepatic Proliferation,Inhibitory Protein, Liver-Derived,Liver Derived Inhibitory Protein,Liver Derived Lymphocyte Proliferation Inhibiting Protein,Proliferation Inhibitor, Hepatic,Protein, Liver Immunoregulatory,Protein, Liver-Derived Inhibitory
D001120 Arginine An essential amino acid that is physiologically active in the L-form. Arginine Hydrochloride,Arginine, L-Isomer,DL-Arginine Acetate, Monohydrate,L-Arginine,Arginine, L Isomer,DL Arginine Acetate, Monohydrate,Hydrochloride, Arginine,L Arginine,L-Isomer Arginine,Monohydrate DL-Arginine Acetate

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